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Holiday Heart is a american film of genre Drama directed by Robert Townsend released in USA on 10 december 2000 with Ving Rhames
Holiday Heart (2000)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 10 december 2000
Length 1h40
Directed by Robert Townsend
OriginUSA
Themes Christmas films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Rating73%
Holiday Heart is a 2000 TV movie starring Ving Rhames, Alfre Woodard, and Mykelti Williamson. It was directed by Robert Townsend, aired on the cable TV channel Showtime, and was distributed on DVD by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was based on a play by Cheryl L. West, and involves a gay drag queen befriending a single mother and her daughter and trying to protect them from the criminal environment around them. It was nominated for a Golden Globe award, for Woodard's performance, among other award nominations.
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Une drag queen accueille un toxicomane et sa fille et aide à élever cette dernière.Actors
Ving Rhames
(Holiday Heart)
Alfre Woodard
(Wanda Dean)
Mykelti Williamson
(Silas)
Blu Mankuma
(Pastor Henry)
Phil Hayes
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